Hey Everybody, welcome back to Flag/Fan Friday
Hope you like the Lebanon episode. So many of you guys, the Lebanese Geograpeeps helped out with this script
so thank you so much. Now usually in these videos, I cover the mistakes
and the stuff I could have mentioned or the stuff that I forgot in the videos.
I usually read your comments. However the problem is I pre-recorded this episode way before I even uploaded the Lebanon episode
and I'm currently on my way to go to Alaska for the next Geogra-Bee. So if you recognize anything that I could have mentioned or
something extra about Lebanon, please feel free to put it in the comments. Teach Us.
In the meantime, you know what time it is? Let's do the flag! without further ado,
By the way guys, for all of those of you that have sent me country flags,
thank you, because I actually used them in the Geogra-Bee. I asked: I do a little flag questionnaire segment.
It's really fun and so thank you guys for helping providing me with those flags.
And speaking of which let's talk about the Lebanese flag. The flag is a horizontal tribe and of red and white
with the larger white band in the middle and the ever prevailing iconic symbol
of Lebanon, a green Lebanon cedar tree in the middle. The cedar tree is a symbol of
holiness, eternity, peace, national pride and longevity.
It has been growing in the area for as long as humans have been able to record even mentioned in the Bible over 70 times
like in Psalms 104.
It says "The trees of the Lord are well watered and the Cedars of Lebanon that he planted." Lebanon without Cedars is like China without pandas.
Also on the flag, the white symbolizes the snow on the mountains as well as purity and peace whereas the red stands for...
Once again, thank you Ken for making that animation, follow him on Instagram. Ken,
You've avoided getting fired this week in appreciation. I will let you have
food for your next lunch break when we're filming Geography Now. Keep in mind though over the years Lebanon has had a
multitude of different banners and symbols that were waves all over in the area. Of course during French mandate times,
they used the French tricolour with the cedar tree in the middle.
They're a part of various sultanates, emirates, caliphates and the Ottomans.
In the Middle Ages, there are clans that had their own thing going on.
There's a crusader flag that went on for like a century and the earliest known banner would probably the Phoenician flag
that was flying anywhere between 3,000 to 200 BC. Oh Phoenicia you guys had such an interesting way of running things in the
Mediterranean. Anyway, moving on. The Coat of Arms, which this is gonna be incredibly easy.
The Coat of Arms is literally just a flag on a shield except the middle stripe is diagonally tilted
45 downwards left. The technical 'vexillological' term for this would be
Gules on a bend sinister argent from a cedar tree pale-wise proper.
Look, I love flags and everything okay
but sometimes you vexillologist get way too freakin technical like:
If Geography was a corporation, you guys would be like the human resources department or something. Anyway
Uh, that was incredibly easy, so you know what that means only one thing left to do?
Geogra-Fanmail Time!
So yeah over the past few weeks when I was doing research and filming the next episodes
Uh the fanmails pack kind of piled up, so uh, let's just start opening it.
So you know how we always start this postcards first we got Devon and Luke and goose shot
This is seriously like the most Canadian thing
I've ever seen I think your name is May Lisa sent me two postcards from the Basque Country
I think on the French side because the post stamp is from France. Thank you very nice for sending this from Latvia Riga
Ah ray from Deerfield Beach
Florida sends this I enjoy your channel if you can't read it. There's text in white over here
It says two all-beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame-seed bond the recipe for a Big Mac
I'm sorry. I can't read your name. I know it starts with an M. But. Uh you're from Poland this place, Poznan Poland
Echo sends this from the Philippines William sends us from San Francisco
This is cool Moka sends us from Tunisia
Tatooine the place where they film Star Wars Thank You Matthew for sending this from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and
Finally Mike decided to send this from Bon dia Tara
but yeah
I can tell you're from Switzerland because the stamps say Helvetica so uh?
Yeah, your Swiss aren't you you're Swiss so I got a lot of letters. You know people saying they like to showing everything
I'm so sorry. I cannot read all of them, but I'm here our select few we got our win who is from st.
Putin in Austria
Looks like
I love my little hometown my town is one of the oldest in Austria some say the oldest okay
This is a really cool
Story by Claire Claire said she just moved back to the United States from central Kenya when she was walking home alone at dark in
Kenya sometimes she would pass by leopards in the bush one time when she was walking she saw one that was about five feet away
about one and a half meters the next day all the
Locals told me I must whistle while walking home at night to let the leopards know that I was around that night the only song
That came to mind was the one that at the end of every geography now episode
So that's the one I whistled every night for the next six months
I never had another close encounter again
So I guess I just wanted to say thanks Jagran out for helping me fend off leopards all right
So I have my aligners in but I think I can still whistle
Miles from Oregon uh he drew me, and if you look close he even drew my chinstrap beard actually shaved
So I don't have it right now guys if you're wondering the reason why I grow my facial hair like that is because that's literally
Just how it comes out. I can't do a full-on goatee like my creepy mustache can't connect to my beard it
Just just doesn't happen, so I'm just stuck with this. Thanks genetics
All right, we got Stefan from Rotterdam and Netherlands
he sent a bunch of
Ukrainian banknotes some Rotterdam
Postcards a Rotterdam map you must be very proud to be Dodger aren't you I also I bet you're like six feet tall
Thanks a lot, man
Veta from Sweden that's cool. He drew his own country, and I uh he sent a Swedish snacks
For those who don't know I'm pretty strict with my diet ah Pilar
I've had this before these are like car shaped gummies, and I don't know what this is
But I'm guessing it's some kind of licorice because that's all you guys eat up in the Nordic areas all right now
We got Sam from Australia. He wrote a really cool letter. My name is Sam
I've been a fan since the Burkina Faso episode
I have high-functioning
autism one of my
Interest was a kid was geography. I used to memorize all the countries of the world and their capitals I
Am currently learning Esperanto he rewrote his letter in Spanish German and Esperanto you know
I'm not a medical professional, and I'm not gonna try to speak authoritative Lee
But you know I've seen a lot of documentaries and read a lot of articles on autism
And I find it fascinating how so many times people with autism can retain so much information
As if it's just like second nature to them, but and seriously Samuel kudos to you for finding a constructive way to keep yourself occupied
Despite your autism, so I really I I commend you for that man. All right. We got AJ from New York jet fan
Hahaha. This is the drunk geography guy. He sent me something
I got some cool stuff when I went to Montreal last summer dude uses a $50 Canadian what this is a lot of money?
license plate
You steal a license plate off of a motorcycle alright this really cool
We got father who is Iraqi
But he was born in Libya, and he's also a Canadian citizen so : he drew the Iraqi flag, and he sent to Iraqi banknotes
Nico from Hannover Germany
I have some German flags, but I think this is literally the biggest one ah that's cool James
Who is South African of course a South African flag a lot of times people ask me barbs?
What's one of your favorite flags, and I always have to say sometimes. It's the South African
It's bold simplistic yet colorful and incorporates a lot of meaning and symbolism so cool. Hey Barb's
I'm James. I was born in Joanna's burg South Africa
He also sent some photos of an event in his hometown that is well known as tar barrels
Which involves locals running around with beer barrels that have been set on fire?
So I guess uh, this is a tradition in his hometown. They like beer barrels on fire and just yeah, South Africa
I love anything from Africa shano shano shano from Wales
She visited Budapest and made a little collage of the things that she did Walsh flag guys. I have like 17 Welsh Flags
I'm not even joking literally. Here's my collection. I even add like Welsh stickers that somebody sent
I think I think I have enough Welsh stuff some famous people from Wales our Gareth Bale Tom
Roald Dahl also try to say this on camera. Oh, no. It's a long. Welsh word I
Don't know how to pronounce it can vibe with we get go get acquainted seal go go go. I don't know
You know I put that a minute episode one time that and plaintiff Elijah to get to of carbon
Because it know stuff like that comes with the job John from the UK
oh
it's a book worth dying for the power and
Politics of flags written by Tim Marshall the same guy that wrote prisoners of geography I read that book
Oh, he wrote a second book. That's cool. I don't even know that guy's for the record
I love it when you send me books. I love books when I have free time
I will actually maybe I should read this on the plane to Alaska okay. Immediately right away
I know this box is from Australia because I've gotten so many things from this this type of box post pack
I guess it's like a popular box brand in Australia snacks guys. You know my policy. Okay? I
Don't eat junk food very often, but thank you twisties burger rings and sack
I've had these before wagon wheels on is a good one cherry ripe. I actually really like this one
I've never had this one chomp and of course Vegemite guys if you look at my kitchen cabinet
I have like five jars of Marmite and Vegemite like which is good because I love it
I love this stuff you have to you have to spread it thin across your tool
So I can't eat too much at one time there's a system to it
But finally this box from comma rule from Malaysia says hey
Hi Barb's
I'm comma rule from Malaysia in this package are pictures of me
and my family wearing traditional Malay clothes the Malay hat I wore is called tinkle or
Naga Amos golden dragon tank along I sent you a silver hat which is called tan Colo Halong
pata PSYOP broken wing eagle10 cola please do use
This as a prop in the Malaysia episode good idea, okay. I'll put on the tinkle look okay
I'm looking at the picture you tilted yours to the side
So I don't know did I do it right okay guys so this is the proper way that come out rule is wearing it
I don't know. How does it do I do I compare I also sent you a traditional Malay sword called carries
I'm guessing this is the thing oh?
My gosh, it's sort of sorted. Oh, dude. This thing is actually really sharp, dude
You sent me a real weapon right guys
This is great, but before we go you know what time it is it's time for a return address contest
I put your return addresses in this
Bag right here that I take one out and whoever wins I send a little gift tube so here I go
I'm not gonna look. I'm not gonna look
Let's see
Your sting from Romania you just won, so yeah guys this was great
Thank you for sending all these things putting your home countries and hometowns on display
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